How to overcome sexual urges and becoming free of sexual attachment.

Why on earth would anyone want to give up sex? Then again, Michelle is so ugly Barry had to find love with Donald Young and Larry Sinclair.

giving up sexual pleasure is a big sacrifice for something much bigger than sex itself.

Interesting OP.

why?

It's unclean, and sould damaging, that's why.

"soul" damaging

So is raisin hogs,and I ain't givin that up either,Grasshopper

In Buddhism it's the goal to relieve oneself of every attachments to have a pure mind and awareness. Attachments are for example anger and greed resulting from wants and needs of the ego. One of the most difficult attachments are sexual wants and needs.

Can spiritual enlightenment be attained without living a celibate life? I hear when monks or buddhists abstain from sex they are building up spiritual energy. What is the connection, if any, between sperm and spirit?

precisely!